Radiator protector



March 23 1926.

III I Blll M. D. CAMPBELL- RADIATOR PROTECTOR Filed May 15, 1924 nrroakzm.

Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON D. CAMPBELL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASiSIGNOR TO THE PERKINS-CAMPBELL COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

RADIATOR PROTECTOR.

Application filed May 15,

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON D. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiator Protectors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to radiator fronts formed of fabric, leather or other flexible material, together with a curtain, for e3:- posure of desired portions of the radiator core. i

There have beena considerable number of derices for protecting radiators against freezing and also keeping air from passing through the core in order to heat up the engines cooled by radiator water, in the automotive art.

It is my object to provide improvements in such devices, and more particularly to provide a curtain of panels connected to each other and slidably mounted so as to fall by gravity to the lower portion of the radiator cover, in a side-by-side relation.

It is my object to provide a device which is economical of construction and fully practical in its operation.

I accomplish my objects by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed. 4

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a view like Figure 1 showing the curtain down.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 47 1 of Figure The radiator cover device is formed in the usual manner of a fabric piece 1 which may be buttoned to the front of the radiator as at 2, orniay be formed with sides to engage around the sides of the radiator frame as at 3 (Figure 2). The front piece 1 covers the desired portion of the face of the radiator and has a central opening at lto expose the core of the radiator.

Mounted along the two vertical sides of the core opening are rods 5, 5, preferably .of metal or fiber, having their ends 6 bent away sli htly so as to elevate the main extent of the rods away from. contact with 1924. Serial Nb. 713 613.

the piece 1. The ends of the rods may be riveted to the piece 1.

The shutter or curtain sections 7 are formed preferably of pieces of leather, fiber, metal or fabric of desired kind, stiffened so as to have little flexibility, and so as to act as rigid panels in operation. The cur tain sections have flexible straps 8, connect ing the inside top edge of each section with the inside top edge of the section below it. There are two rows of these straps in the form illustrated in the drawings, so that two flexible strips may be stitched to the tops of each section, instead of forming separate connecting strips for each panel of the curtain. The straps are secured to the piece at the bottom.

I have shown a'central strap 9 extending vertically across the evening in the piece 1, which has snap fastener buttons on it as at 10, and there will be a top snap fastener at 12, just above the middle of the opening 4.

The operator can then adjust the curtain to snap the fastener socket 13 at the cent-er of the upper and outer curtain panel, over the topmost button 12, or any intermediate button on the central strap.

At the ends of each panel are mounted the sliders for engaging the two side rods. These sliders in the form shown have eyelets or rin s 14 to en 'a e over the rods ant h b b 3 shanks 15 to be riveted or otherwise secured to the center side edges of each curtain panel.

The panels are thus guided at all times on the rods, and can easily slide up and down on them. I preferably form the sliders as pieces of flat metal with a rubber cover thereon, although this is not essential.

Vhen the curtain is down the panels arrange themselves with the upper one outermost, and the connecting straps bent up, as indicated at 8 in Figure 3, so as not to interfere with the panels lying side by side. hen the upper panel is pulled up it will draw the next panel, and the next panel will draw up the panel below it, as is evident from the construction described.

For a remote control a cable 20 can be connected to the top panel, and run over a drum 21, mounted on the outer face of the instrument board or dash of the car. On

vthe same spindle as the drum will be a drum 22 of much smaller diameter, and a pull pull cord will pass through a fitting into the inside of the dash or instrument board, and by a short pull will revolve the larger drum and bring the curtain to the desired height to cover the desired portion of the radiator.

I have shown a pulley 24 ot' the type used on window cords which will catch the cable it pulled sidewise, or release it for moving in or out by a pull to straight line with the pulley. This or some other device can be employed to lock the pull cord or cable to desired position.

The curtain will fall readily by gravity to its lower position when the pull cord is released.

It will be evident that my device can be inexpensively made, and installed without an diiiiculty on. any automobile. The curtain panels and rods can be uniform for a large number of cars, and the pieces 1 or such other hoods as are used, can be easily mounted. There are no parts to rattle, as in a metal device, and the control'by the operator is easy while the covering of the desired portion of the radiator core can be easily and quickly accomplished.

it is quite practical to use a pull cord which is directly connected to the top curtain panel, without the drums.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to Secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a flexible cover secured over a radiator front and having an opening to expose the radiator core, rigid members extending lengthwise of the core secured along the sides of the said opening and a curtain having panels, straps con necting the tops of the panels to each other, and sliders on the panels engaging the rigid members, and means forholding the panels in. relation extended over the opening in the cover.

In comb nation with a flexible cover secured over a radiator front, and having an opening to expose the radiator core, rigid members ntending lengthwise or the core and secured along the sides of t 1e said opening, and a curtain having panels secured successively at their tops by tlexiole members, and having sliders engaging the rigid members, and means for holding the panels in relation extended over the opening in the cover, said rigid members formed of rods secured in the cover abote and below the openin and the sliders being formed as rings to engage over the rods.

MILTON D. CAMPBELL. 

